Hearings
England & Wales
25 May 1955 [1955] 3 WLR 172, CA
25 May 1955 [1956] Ch 28, CA
Fletcher, A Debtor, In re; Ex parte Fletcher v Official Receiver
Subject Matter
BANKRUPTCY — Bankruptcy Rules — Validity — Creditors' resolution that debtor be not adjudged bankrupt — Application by official receiver for adjudication — Jurisdiction of court — Enactment that rules “in force … continue in force … and … have effect as if made under this Act” — Subsequent new rule in identical terms — Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59), ss. 18 (1), 132, 168 (3) — Bankruptcy Rules, 1952 (S.I. 1952, No. 2113 (L.14)), r. 219.
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT — Validity — Whether ultra vires.
BANKRUPTCY — Bankruptcy Rules — Validity — Creditors' resolution that debtor be not adjudged bankrupt — Application by official receiver for adjudication — Jurisdiction of court — Enactment that rules “in force … continue in force … and … have effect as if made under this Act” — Subsequent new rule in identical terms — Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59), ss. 18 (1), 132, 168 (3) — Bankruptcy Rules, 1952 (S.I. 1952, No. 2113 (L.14)), r. 219.
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT — Validity — Whether ultra vires.